Taita white-eye
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Zosteropidae |
| Genus: | Zosterops |
| Species: | Z. silvanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zosterops silvanus Peters, JL & Loveridge, 1935 | |
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Taita white-eye (Zosterops silvanus) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It includes numerous subspecies, sometimes considered a subspecies to montane white-eye (Z. poliogastrus). It is only found in Taita Hills in southeastern Kenya. IUCN categorizes it as vulnerable.[1] It is threatened by severe habitat loss and fragmentation, mainly as a result of the deforestation of the Taita Hills.[2]
It breeds in cloud forests.[2]
It is often observed in mixed flocks with the pale white-eye.[2]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2022). "Zosterops silvanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22713957A188598582. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Vedder, Daniel; Lens, Luc; Martin, Claudia A.; Pellikka, Petri; Adhikari, Hari; Heiskanen, Janne; Engler, Jan O.; Sarmento Cabral, Juliano (July 2022). "Hybridization may aid evolutionary rescue of an endangered East African passerine". Evolutionary Applications. 15 (7): 1177–1188. Bibcode:2022EvApp..15.1177V. doi:10.1111/eva.13440. hdl:1854/LU-01H05KG780T68Z9E9WH2758MBN. ISSN 1752-4571. PMC 9309464. PMID 35899253.